File 'C:\\home\\app\\pylons\\globetrack\\globetrack\\controllers\\jdb.py', line 7 in index c.clients = self.session.query(Client).select() File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\orm\\query.py', line 247 in select File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\orm\\query.py', line 252 in select_whereclause File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\orm\\query.py', line 378 in _select_statement File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\orm\\query.py', line 308 in execute File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\orm\\session.py', line 133 in execute File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\orm\\session.py', line 126 in connection File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\engine\\base.py', line 499 in contextual_connect File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\engine\\base.py', line 199 in __init__ File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\engine\\base.py', line 517 in raw_connection File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\engine\\default.py', line 19 in get_connection File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\pool.py', line 115 in connect File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\pool.py', line 194 in __init__ File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\pool.py', line 128 in get File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\pool.py', line 366 in do_get File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\pool.py', line 111 in create_connection File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\pool.py', line 149 in __init__ File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\pool.py', line 174 in __connect File 'build\\bdist.win32\\egg\\sqlalchemy\\engine\\strategies.py', line 57 in connect DBAPIError: (Connection failed) (InterfaceError) See this: Module sqlalchemy.engine.strategies:57 in connect cargs ['Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=test01;User Id=sa;Password=demo;Initial Catalog=Demo273'] cparams {} dbapi e sqlalchemy.exceptions.DBAPIError: (Connection failed) (InterfaceError) and compare with this: >>> dsn = 'Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=test01;User Id=sa;Password=demo;Initial Catalog=Demo273' >>> import adodbapi >>> adodbapi.connect(dsn)